Euro hopes

Spurs looked rigid with fear. They were certainly rigid when Sami Khedira met Stephan Lichtsteiner’s cross and looped a header on to the boot of Higuain, who converted from close range.

And quite what they were up to when Higuain was allowed to take possession, turn and thread through a simple pass for Dybala is anybody’s guess.

It is certainly not a goal Trippier, among others, will want to see back.

The only thing for which Tottenham defenders could not take the blame was Dybala’s firmly-clipped finish above and beyond Hugo Lloris.

Disbelief descended on Wembley before a late surge saw a Kane header hit the inside of the post before being hacked off the line by Barzagli.

It was a moment that confirmed Pochettino’s dream had somehow become a nightmare.